About the Daedalus TrustThere is a growing body of opinion that the exercise of power can distort thinking and create personality changes in leaders that affect their decision making. The Daedalus Trust's mission is to raise awareness of such changes and understand them better.About our name --
In Greek mythology, Daedalus advised his son Icarus to be bold enough to fly but not to fly so high that the sun's heat would melt the wax of the wings he had fashioned for him.
Thrilled by his initial aerobatic successes, Icarus ignored his father's advice and paid the ultimate price -- a sobering demonstration of unjustified self confidence and the abuse of power.Daedalus TrustDT2_6d5feb5a-4ee3-11e6-918b-4c9cd9f7de5aThe Daedalus Trust is a registered charity founded in 2011 by Lord David Owen.Lord David OwenFounderBoardsDirectorsManagersRecruitersAcademicsBusiness ThinkersJournalistsBoards, directors, managers, recruiters, academics, business thinkers and journalists identify, mitigate or manage the catastrophic effects hubris can have._6d5fecb8-4ee3-11e6-918b-4c9cd9f7de5aTo raise awareness and understand how the exercise of power can distort thinking and create personality changes in leaders that affect their decision making._6d5fed58-4ee3-11e6-918b-4c9cd9f7de5aAwarenessRaise awareness of hubris and Hubris Syndrome in public and business life._6d5ff500-4ee3-11e6-918b-4c9cd9f7de5a1WebsiteMaintain a website._6d5ff501-4ee3-11e6-918b-4c9cd9f7de5a1.1A website that is both a central repository of knowledge on the subject, and the hub of a growing international community that shares our interest in, and concern about hubris.KnowledgeHost a central repository of knowledge on hubris._6d5ff502-4ee3-11e6-918b-4c9cd9f7de5a1.1.1CommunityHost a hub for an international community that shares our interest in, and concern about hubris._6d5ff503-4ee3-11e6-918b-4c9cd9f7de5a1.1.2ConferencesConduct annual conferences bringing together leading speakers to discuss hubris from medical, business and interdisciplinary perspectives._6d5ff504-4ee3-11e6-918b-4c9cd9f7de5a1.2Royal Society of MedicineOur first, in 2012, was organised jointly with the Royal Society of Medicine. In 2014, we again partnered with the RSM.Cambridge Judge Business SchoolOur second in 2013 with the Cambridge Judge Business School.ResearchEncourage multi-disciplinary research and generate financial support to seed-fund worthwhile research projects._6d5ff82a-4ee3-11e6-918b-4c9cd9f7de5a2DiscussionsConduct regular Research Cafés where issues surrounding hubris are discussed with a view to identifying worthwhile areas of research._6d5ff8c0-4ee3-11e6-918b-4c9cd9f7de5a2.1GrantsMake grants to enable interdisciplinary academic study into hubris._6d5ff8c1-4ee3-11e6-918b-4c9cd9f7de5a2.22016-07-20http://www.daedalustrust.com/about-us/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net